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Topic “2011”

We investigate gender differences and their impact on learning and development

By:

Glynis Horning

Canadian couple David Stocker and Kathy Witterick whipped up a storm this year when they declined to disclose the sex of their newborn baby. They announced that they are raising the neutrally, and appropriately, named Storm as “genderless” until the child is old enough to “choose” which gender he or she is most comfortable with, unfettered by “social norms”. But how much do social norms influence gender, and how much is hard-wired into a child by nature?

It all started on June 12, 2008, when I had the 20-week scan where they check for anatomical irregularities. When the sonographer told us she had detected a cleft lip that “appeared to extend into the palate”, I felt as if someone had literally knocked the wind out of me. I was numb, as was my husband who, thankfully, was there with me holding my hand.

In an ideal world, you’d effortlessly rear your child to eat all food groups with a smile on their face. Then reality strikes, meal time is a battle of wills and soon, you give up the fight… Too soon, says Annabel Karmel, who shows you how you can get your fussy eater enjoying a wide range of foods, and experimenting with the new and even the exotic.

We chat to the experts about successful co-parenting and find out how a parenting plan can help you navigate raising your children with your ex

By:

Child Magazine

Focus on the children. It seems like such a simple concept. But as any parent who has been through a relationship split will tell you, the reality is that in times of relationship conflict the focus is often taken off parenting as both adults try to deal with their own emotions, frustrations and disappointments. Beth*, a mother of three, has been divorced for six years. She describes the reality of those early months.

One small fashion faux pas turned this mom into a school car park outcast

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Anonymous Mom

Note to self: wear riding boots on the outside of my jeans when attending school functions. I have, unwittingly, committed a fashion faux pas and run foul of the Riding Boots Brigade again at my children’s school. My friend greets me with an apologetic grin as I get out of the car. “What were you thinking?” What indeed. I should know better than to leave my retail-store jeans on the outside of my boots.